Lifeline’s own Mandela moment
ALEXANDRA - A local charity organisation has extended its charitable giving by extending its own gifts to other less endowed organisations
A local charity organisation has extended its giving by giving some its own gifts to other less-supported organisations
Lifeline, which is donor reliant, is located on 8th Avenue. It supports communities through psychosocial services to address their emotional wellness challenges and other problems impeding children’s growth and development.
It received a donation of blankets, sheets and pillowcases from a chain of hotels for Mandela Day and deemed it appropriate to share the donation with other local organisations.
“We received the donation from the Protea Hotel group and distributed them to our victim empowerment centres in Hillbrow, Norwood and Soweto, and are obliged to extend the warmth, comfort and generosity of the hotel to others by sharing what remains,” said Mavis Rathogwa, centre manager.
They distributed the items to three early childhood development centres, Thabisong Creche, Themba Lethu Community Creche and Grace Day Care Centre; and also to Uncedo Lwabantu which helps distressed individuals.
Rathogwa said it was common practice for the organisation to share the little they had or received, which this time, was 61 each of blankets, sheets and pillowcases. “Kids were our first priority, hence the selection of creches,” she said.
“Also, the hotel is interested to assist us further and have asked us to send them a list of other needs for their consideration.”
The beneficiaries thanked Lifeline, saying it was a rare act of generosity to give of the little that one had.
“We appreciate their donation which will keep the children warm this winter and beyond,” said Ethel Mngomezulu Leboloane of Themba Lethu creche.
Maggie Makhudu founder of Thabisong creche said, “The depressed economic condition of the country was not conducive to giving, but Lifeline and its benefactor Protea Hotels thought otherwise, and we appreciate their generosity.”
She added that the donation would assist the children at their most critical stage of development by giving them comfort away from home, especially for children whose families relied on grants and did not have enough to provide for the required warmth.
“This way, parents will also be relived from continuous parenting so that they can leave their children here knowing that they will remain in comfort while they go to work and do other family errands,” Makhudu concluded.
